Sealing of crimped connections

• US 3,243,758 A
• Filed: 03/12/1962
• Issued: 03/29/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Martin S. Frant, Suel G. Shannon
• Original Assignee: Martin S. Frant, Suel G. Shannon
• Inventors: Frant, Martin S., Shannon, Suel G.
• Application Number:
  US04/178,835
• Time in Patent Office: 1,478 Days
• US Class Current: 439/519
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/18 by crimping H01R4/01, H01R4/2495 take precedence; for coaxial cables H01R9/0518
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/70 Insulation of connections end caps H01R4/22
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/058 Crimping mandrels
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49183 of ferrule about conductor and terminal

Claims

1. AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING A FERRULE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE CRIMPED ONTO A WIRE, A ROOM TEMPERATURE POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER AND A HARDENER FOR SAID MONOPOLYMERIZABLE MONOMER AND A HARDENER FOR SAID MONOMER, SAID CONNECTOR INCLUDING RUPTURABLE PACKAGEING MEANS CONTAINER AND MONOMER AND SAID HARDENER ADJACENT TO, AND DISCRETE FROM, EACH OTHER, SAID PACKAGING MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND MOUNTED ON SAID CONNECTOR SO AS TO BE RUPTURABLE UPON INITIAL CRIMPING OF SAID CONNECTOR WHEREBY SAID MONOMER AND HARDENER ARE MIXED AND FLOWED OVER THE SURFACE OF SAID WIRE AND FERRULE PORTION, AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE RESULTING MONOMER AND HARDENER MIXTURE IS FORCED FROM AREAS OF EXTREME PRESSURE AT THE INTERFACE OF SAID WIRE AND FERRULE PORTIONS WHEREBY THE FRESH CONTACT AREAS OF THE RESULTING CRIMPED CONNECTION ARE SURROUNDED AND SEALED BY SAID MIXTURED AFTER POLYMERIZATION.